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Peruvian Indigenous community wants to become a shareholder in Las Bambas mine

The Huancuire community wants to apply the Indigenous concept of ‘waqui,’ or win-win, when it comes to its relationship with Chinese miner MMG and its Las Bambas copper mine.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 30, 2022 | 1:28 pm

RANKED: The world’s top 10 most valuable base and precious metal mines

Ranking is topped by a polymetallic mine in Russia’s arctic…

Frik Els | October 28, 2022 | 11:11 am

Cameco reports Q3 uranium contracting gains, touts scooping Russian market share

Pending the new contracts’ finalization, the total volume of uranium…

Henry Lazenby | October 28, 2022 | 10:55 am

Hochschild makes headway at gold project in Brazil

The Posse gold project in Brazil’s central state of Goías…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 28, 2022 | 8:18 am

Researchers develop Play-Doh-like material that conducts electricity like metal

This goes against all of the known rules about conductivity.

Staff Writer | October 28, 2022 | 6:06 am

Xinjiang coal mine accident traps 21 – China state media

A section of the mine filled with water when 29 miners were working at the site in Hutubi county.

Reuters | April 11, 2021 | 9:26 am

Mineral-eating intraterrestrial bacteria may give clues on extraterrestrial life

These bacteria, which spread out and form biofilms, are being tested at a former gold mine in South Dakota.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 11, 2021 | 7:00 am

Ecuador holds election closely watched by global miners

Leftist Andrés Arauz and right-wing Guillermo Lasso have both vowed to continue promoting the oil and mining sectors, but their approach would be quite different.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2021 | 4:00 pm

The need for a battery gold rush in US

US automakers are finally making bold commitments to electrify their fleets, but in the short-term, there may not be enough lithium-ion batteries to go around.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 11:57 am

US interior secretary looks to restore Utah monuments slashed by Trump

The Bears Ears National Monument was slashed in size by former President Donald Trump to open it to mining, grazing and drilling.

Reuters | April 9, 2021 | 8:09 am

Greenland Minerals says it is focused on rare earths, not uranium

Doubts have risen over the future of the Kvanefjeld project as a left-wing party pledged on Wednesday its opposition after winning a parliamentary election.

Reuters | April 9, 2021 | 7:48 am

Codelco takes Ecuador to arbitration over stalled joint project

Chile's copper giant has requested international arbitration with Ecuador and its state-miner over the Llurimagua project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 9, 2021 | 7:06 am

High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali – report

Data gathered in southern Mali by Critical Care International suggest very few of the population would accept a vaccine if offered today.

MINING.com Editor | April 9, 2021 | 7:00 am

Expander Energy, Vanderwell get key permit to build Canada’s first biomass-gas-to-liquids plant

The Slave Lake biomass-gas-to-liquids proposed project is expected to produce 6.5 million liters per year of low-carbon intensity, clean-burning synthetic diesel fuel.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 9, 2021 | 6:10 am

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